ancestral lands of the nekuchi tank peoples. i m david ferrio archivist of the united states, and it s my pleasure to welcome you to today s conversation with mary sarah builder about her new book female genius, which looks at the pathbreaking 18th century educator elizabeth harriet barons o connor. joining the authoring conversation is martha s jones professor of history at johns hopkins university. today s guest speaker mary sarah builder will introduce us to eliza harriet barron s o connor and her work to advance women s education and political rights mary sarah builder his founders professor of law at boston college law school and author of the bancroft prize winning book madison s hand revising the constitutional convention. she s also the author of the transatlantic constitution and co-author of appeals to the privy council from the american colonies. martha s. jones is the society of black alumni presidential professor professor of history and a professor at the snf ag
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